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Originally Posted by ryuurui
for all the bonsai lovers, a bonsai calligraphy.
I wrote it for my friend's wife who is a bonsai nut case 
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Those are beautiful ones, especially the first syllable.
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I'm not truly an expert on this subject, but I've noticed that people(who made posts) here probably know less than me about the subject bonsai. So I shall participate with my knowledge. My sources are my father who is a bonsai nut case too and have tremendous amount of trees in pots which were made by his own hands(his a ceramist) -not every one of them are considered as bonsai though, even if the title only means 'plant in a pot'-or something(?) The other source would be my experience(20+ years under one roof with my father and the many event in which I have participated).
Originally I looked through the threads to seek more knowledge and still hope, that I can meet one Japanese Bonsai master to ask a few things but till than... I'll try to save as many trees as I can.
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The name of a bonsai not only depends on what kind of tree it is, it's actually has a few other criteria. There are special kind of shapes and forms to grow, the actual size is determinative too (it can be miniature and huge->
The world's biggest bonsai | Flickr - Photo Sharing!, and many other thing counts when you give a name to it...but you can just call it whatever you want.
It's not exactly a shrinking process, though needs a lot of afford to keep it's size without killing it... You must take care almost everything around it, and the care-taking can't be generalized! It depends on what you have and in which state of developing and forming.
So it's very complicated and demands lots of time and patience and practice as well. If you already have one I'd suggest to join a bonsai club which available in person because that is how you'll learn the most.